A Nigerian man, Chukwuebuka Nnaemeka Chukwuemeka, has said that he doesn’t mind his children bearing their mother’s surname as well as identifying with her roots. “Yes, my wife would be free to bear her surname, register my kids’ names with her surname and even make her native town that of my kids. “For instance, I have always preferred to identify Ọkụzụ (corrupted as Awkuzu), my mum’s town, as my native town to whoever that asks. “I do not think it is by having my kids bear my name that will make my name live forever. “If my kids decide to bear Chukwuebuka as their surname, that’s their business, I won’t stop them.

Source: Punch May 07, 2018 15:33 UTC